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Like many headline-making ideas, it came to him in the middle of the night. Not that he hadn't thought about it before. In four seasons at West Virginia, where he rushed for 1,068 yards and 19 touchdowns, Shawne Alston came to realize something needed to be done. And, as he was later told by his former teammates, he was the guy to do it. On March 5, represented by a law firm that employs more than 50 attorneys in nine offices from coast to coast, Alston filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and five "power conferences" — the ACC, Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC. At issue: Whether the NCAA violated anti-trust laws by putting a cap on athletic...

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Like many headline-making ideas, it came to him in the middle of the night.
Not that he hadn't thought about it before. In four seasons at West Virginia, where he rushed for 1,068 yards and 19 touchdowns, Shawne Alston came to realize something needed to...

Growing up in a football-obsessed family, Ricky Walker was mesmerized before the start of his own high school days by all the phone calls his brother, Rijo, was getting as a recruited defensive back at Bethel High.
Now, with Rijo getting ready to start...

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The Colonial Athletic Association's commissioner since its 1985 inception,...

HAMPTON --Two.
That's the number of residents who spoke during a special public hearing Wednesday evening about the city's proposed 2010 spending plan.
But the issues were nevertheless crucial: budget cuts and layoffs.
Hampton City Manager Jesse...

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The 16-2 vote by the Division I Board of Directors took place at NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis.
The autonomy...

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